Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/westéi

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This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From and earlier **wedtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-.

Verb[edit]

*westéi[1][2][3]

  1. to lead

Inflection[edit]

Mobile accent, simple thematic present *wedetí.

Descendants[edit]

  • Latvian: vest
  • Lithuanian: vèsti/vẽda
  • Proto-Slavic: *vestì (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vestì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 517: “BSl. *wed-”
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “vesti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 499: “BSL *wed-”
  3. ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222
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